Hilltown Mart, County Down
Sheep sale, Thursday 5 September 2024
- Lambs £126/head* mart average
- Store lambs £98/head* mart average
- Cull ewes £145/head* mart average
Prices
| Category | Weight or type | Avg per kg | Range per kg | Avg per head | Range per head | Head |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambs | All weightsderived from 11 lots | £5.21/kg | £4.12 to £5.58/kg | £126 | £111 to £140 | 11 |
| Store lambs | All weightsderived from 9 lots | £5.92/kg | £5.63 to £6.49/kg | £98 | £87 to £117 | 9 |
| Cull ewes | All weightsderived from 9 lots | £145 | £128 to £172 | 9 | ||
| Bold figures are the mart's own. Anything lighter was worked out by farmprices.ie from the lots the mart listed, because the report did not give that figure. A line marked "part derived" carries both: the mart stated some of it and the rest comes from its lot list. | ||||||
Sample lots
29 lots| Category | Head | Weight kg | Price | Per kg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cull ewes | 1 | £172 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £160 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £148 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £147 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £144 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £140 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £134 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £130 | ||
| Cull ewes | 1 | £128 | ||
| Lambs | 1 | 34 | £140 | £4.12/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 27 | £140 | £5.17/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £134 | £5.58/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £132 | £5.34/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 24 | £131 | £5.45/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 25 | £127 | £5.08/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 23 | £122 | £5.30/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 23 | £121 | £5.31/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 22 | £118 | £5.36/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £112 | £5.33/kg |
| Lambs | 1 | 21 | £111 | £5.28/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | £117 | ||
| Store lambs | 1 | 19 | £107 | £5.63/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £99.50 | £5.85/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 17 | £96.50 | £5.78/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £96 | £6.49/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £95 | £5.80/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £93.50 | £6.23/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 16 | £93 | £5.81/kg |
| Store lambs | 1 | 15 | £87 | £5.80/kg |
The lots the mart chose to print in its report, usually the better end of the trade. The averages above are the figure to quote.
Source
Read from the mart's own report, a web page at www.farminglife.com. Fetched 2 September 2026.